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Poverty relief charity ratings

Food banks, debt advice and poverty alleviation. 2,135 poverty relief charities rated. This is the ranked list. For how to choose within the cause, use the review below.

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Choosing poverty relief support

  1. 1. PurposeDistinguish direct grants, food provision, advice and programmes addressing long-term barriers.
  2. 2. AccessCheck the service catchment, eligibility and whether a referral is needed.
  3. 3. EvidenceAsk whether results count visits, people or households and whether repeated use is included.

Selection questions from CharityCompare. Confirm current services with the charity; Clarity Scores assess financial and disclosure proxies, not programme effectiveness.

Understand impact evidence
Charity Score Cause spend Income Scope
100 91% £5.9m Local
100 100% £2.8m UK-wide
100 89% £2.6m UK-wide
100 100% £2.6m Local
100 98% £1.9m Local
100 94% £1.9m UK-wide
100 96% £1.7m Local
100 98% £1.4m Local
100 98% £1.3m UK-wide
100 100% £1.1m Local
100 94% £1.1m UK-wide
100 100% £1.0m Local
100 92% £988k Local
100 96% £984k Local
100 100% £875k Local
100 98% £867k Local
100 99% £861k Local
100 90% £852k Local
100 99% £798k UK-wide
100 96% £773k Local
100 98% £678k Local
100 100% £633k Local
100 100% £612k Local
100 96% £554k UK-wide
100 95% £537k UK-wide
99 97% £3.0m UK-wide
99 88% £2.9m UK-wide
99 100% £2.2m Local
99 95% £1.8m Local
99 97% £1.1m Local
99 100% £964k UK-wide
99 88% £940k UK-wide
99 97% £897k Local
99 96% £847k UK-wide
99 100% £811k Local
99 93% £683k Local
99 91% £649k UK-wide
99 86% £630k UK-wide
99 99% £615k Local
99 99% £577k Local
99 93% £574k UK-wide
99 89% £561k Local
99 88% £554k Local
99 93% £544k UK-wide
99 100% £521k Local
99 96% £507k Local
98 94% £16m UK-wide
98 92% £10m UK-wide
98 96% £6.3m Local
98 100% £6.0m Local
98 95% £4.3m Local
98 81% £3.0m Local
98 86% £2.1m UK-wide
98 100% £1.8m Local
98 95% £1.5m UK-wide
98 98% £1.4m Local
98 93% £1.2m UK-wide
98 95% £1.2m Local
98 98% £1.1m UK-wide
98 99% £913k UK-wide

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